Fried potatoes are the king of side dishes, undoubtedly the tastiest. Experienced housewives and cooks know how to cook this homemade dish. The experience of home cooking and the modern restaurant industry highlights rules and tips to help you cook amazing fries every time.
The rules that must be followed to make the fried potatoes tasty and beautiful are very simple. Having tried to apply them, you will understand that there is nothing difficult in this.
Pan
The most important factor is the frying pan. It should be non-sticky. If you peel potatoes from the pan, you will not get anything evenly fried.
Size is also important, you can fry a large amount of potatoes in a small frying pan, but it will be broken and not fried.
Butter
Use refined vegetable oil, this oil is specially made for frying and does not leave unpleasant burning odors. You can use rendered animal fat, this will improve the taste of the potatoes, it will become more saturated. These are fats such as ghee (milk), pork lard, or any other.
There should be about 5 mm of oil in the pan.
If there is not enough oil, the potatoes will be very fried on the bottom, and soggy on top. The heat will be distributed throughout the oil and cook the potatoes evenly.
Potatoes
Of course, you need to take not boiled potatoes. Supermarkets won't tell you anything about potatoes, so it's best to buy them in the market. Potato varieties vary from import to import and it makes no sense to memorize each of them, and in the market the seller will tell you which potatoes are suitable for mashed potatoes or roasting.
Young potatoes can be fried right in the peel, of course the eyes need to be cut out and cut into slices. Peel and cut large potatoes into oblong bars. It is important not to make the pieces very long and thin; such straws will break during the frying process.
Salt
It is better to salt it at the beginning and several times. Salted a little and mixed, then again and again. If you salt at the beginning, the salt will be absorbed into the potatoes and it will taste better.
How to fry
The fire is adjustable depending on the pan and the amount of potatoes. If there are a lot of potatoes and the pan is large, set the fire to maximum, if the potatoes are fried in a small pan for one serving, then the fire will be slightly stronger than the small one.
Potatoes need to be salted several times for a reason. The fact is that potatoes cannot be mixed a lot and often. Therefore, you need to stir the potatoes at intervals for 2-3 minutes.
If there are a lot of potatoes (for example, 6 servings), then you will not be able to cook it without covering it, or it will take a very long time and will need to be stirred many times.
